Genus Phoriospongia Marshall, 1880
- Phoriospongia Marshall, W. 1880. Untersuchungen über Dysideiden und Phoriospongien. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 35: 88-129 pls 6-8 [122].
Type species:
Phoriospongia solida Marshall, 1880 by subsequent designation, see Laubenfels, M.W. de 1936. A discussion of the sponge fauna of the Dry Tortugas in particular, and the West Indies in general, with material for a revision of the families and orders of the Porifera. (Tortugas Lab. Paper No. 467). Publication of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Washington 30: 1-225 22 pls 1 map [99]. - Psammotoxa Laubenfels, M.W. de 1936. A discussion of the sponge fauna of the Dry Tortugas in particular, and the West Indies in general, with material for a revision of the families and orders of the Porifera. (Tortugas Lab. Paper No. 467). Publication of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Washington 30: 1-225 22 pls 1 map [99].
Type species:
Phoriospongia guettardi Topsent, 1933 by original designation. - Stylotrichophora Dendy, A. 1895. Catalogue of non-calcareous sponges collected by J. Bracebridge Wilson, Esq., M.A., in the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads. Part 1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 7: 232-260 [259].
Type species:
Stylotrichophora rubra Dendy, 1895 by monotypy. - Tedaniopsamma Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 513-621 pls 1-2 [599].
Type species:
Hircinia flabellopalmata Carter, 1885 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Wiedenmayer, F. 1989. Demospongiae (Porifera) from northern Bass Strait (Shelf of Southern Australia). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 50(1): 1-242 [71]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
West Indian region, Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region and New Zealand.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Sandy, variable in amount and distribution of foreign detritus. Megascleres mostly frail subtylostyles or styles, with frequent transitions. Spicules scattered or in vaguely radial to plumose arrangement. Microscleres in the form of small sigmas occur in a few species. About a dozen species.
ID Keys
See Family Chondropsidae Diagnosis.
Diagnosis References
van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Chondropsidae Carter, 1886. pp. 521-527 in Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera: A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 1. [524]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 06-Aug-2010 | MODIFIED |